Alaska’s Congressional Delegation has sent a letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu asking him to quickly approve a request by ConocoPhillips… [mappress] Source: tradingmarkets , July 6, 2010;
Chevron Corp. today announced a new deepwater natural gas discovery in a Chevron-operated block in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia, Australia’s premier hydrocarbon basin. The Clio-3 discovery well is located in the WA-205-P permit area approximately 90 miles (150 km) northwest of Onsl
U.S. officials confirmed Monday that tar balls from the Gulf oil spill have reached the shore of Texas, the first evidence that the spill has reached all five U.S. Gulf states. The Texas General Land Office confirmed the tar balls found along the shores of Crystal Beach on Bolivar Peninsula, Texas,
Anchor Ship Investment Co., Japan’s largest ship-fund manager, said it may invest part of a planned 200 billion yen ($2.3 billion) fund on its first dry-bulk vessels in anticipation of a rebound in Chinese iron-ore demand. The company plans to start raising money for the new fund in September, Presi
Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ BREMEN, underwent a two-week shipyard stay in June. Some of the cabins had already undergone a comprehensive makeover during the previous shipyard stay in 2008. Now, all remaining 46 cabins on decks 3 and 4 were equipped with new furniture, fabrics, carpets and new bathrooms.
Maersk Tankers, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Det Norske Veritas (DNV) have agreed to collaborate on the design and risk assessment of tankers for shipping CO2. Maersk Tankers is already in a partnership with Maersk Oil and Finnish utilities Fortum and Teollisuuden Voima (TVO), aimed at develop
Christensen Shipyards last week took delivery of a 46m (150ft) Ocean Alexander mould to its Washington shipyard. The mould, shipped from China, will be used to build three 37m (120ft) yachts for Ocean Alexander. The two companies announced a strategic alliance last year in which Christensen would bu
Practical implementation of the project “Construction of new Baku International Sea Trade Port”, which will be located in Alat settlement in 40 km south of Baku, has not been begun as yet. Informed sources informed Fineko/abc, the Azerbaijani government becomes discontented over the start of constru
SKF provides a customized linear actuator for the clutch mechanism between the generator and diesel motor in the new Greenline hybrid yacht from Slovenian Seaway Group, one of the world’s leading boat development companies. The Greenline hybrid yacht, which has already received a number of environme
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded the second phase of the construction of the LNG import terminal of Cuyutlán on the west coast of Mexico. The total contract value is approximately € 90 million with Boskalis’ share amounting approximately € 45 million. The contract was awarded by Secr
Offshore service group Expro was upbeat today after reporting a raft of contact wins which have boosted its order book to £700 million worldwide. Recent awards particularly from the North Sea have helped Expro to capture a clutch of new contract worth a total of £250 million the company has said.
Kleven Maritime has entered into a contract with Meling Supply AS for the building of a multifunctional platform supply vessel, contract value is NOK 375 million. The vessel will be outfitted at Myklebust Verft in Gursken, Norway, and delivered in February 2011.
DP World Antwerp has officially commissioned its first Mobile Harbour Crane on a portal (LPS 500) for service from Austrian maritime crane giant, Liebherr. The Liebherr Portal Slewing Crane (LPS) is a combination of a space-saving portal (mounted on rails) and the mobile harbour crane concept, parti
Kuwaiti government officials are expected to sign a contract that will see the development of Boubyan Island’s port… By CW Staff [mappress] Source: constructionweekonline, July 6, 2010;
